Lætitia Colombani

Laetitia Colombani (born 1976) is a French filmmaker, writer and actress.

Early life Laetitia Colombani was born in 1976 in the Caudéran quartier of Bordeaux. She then lived in Talence and Gradignan. Her father is a construction engineer. Her mother was a librarian at the Collège de Monjous, where she was a student. She earned a baccalauréat at the Lycée Victor Louis. At age 18, she moved to Nantes to complete a two-year preparatory class at the Ciné-Sup. She then entered the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, from which she received her diploma in 1998.

Career Colombani's film career began with several short films, including Le Dernier bip (1998) and Mémoire de puce (1999). She made her feature directorial debut with He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (2002), starring Audrey Tautou. She also directed the comedy Mes stars et moi (2008), starring Kad Merad, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart and Mélanie Bernier.

As an author, Colombani received international attention in 2017 with her first novel, The Braid , for which she received several awards and sold 2 million copies in France. It tells the story of three women with very different destinies, living in India, Sicily and Canada. Colombani herself adapted the novel into the film The Braid (2023), which she also directed. The film was a major success in France, where it sold 1.3 million admissions. Her second novel Les Victorieuses was released in 2019. Her third novel, Le Cerf-volant, followed in 2021.

Personal life As of 2021, Colombani lived in Paris. She frequently returns to the Gironde region, where her family still lives. She also spends her summers in the resort town of Arcachon.

Filmography

As director

Feature films 2002 : He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not 2008 : Mes stars et moi 2023 : The Braid

Short films 1998 : Le Dernier Bip 2003 : Une fleur pour Marie 2003 : Quelques mots d'amour 2003 : Casting urgent

As actress 1998 : Le Dernier Bip by Laetitia Colombani (short film) : Emma Merowski 1998 : Cousin Bette by Des McAnuff : non créditée au générique 2002 : Paradisco by Stéphane Ly-Cuong : la femme aux chocolats 2003 : La Faucheuse by Vincenzo Marano and Patrick Timsit (short film) : Marie 2003 : Gomez et Tavarès by Gilles Paquet-Brenner : Séverine 2003 : Casting urgent by Laetitia Colombani (short film) : la directrice du casting 2004 : Qui mange quand ? by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (TV film) : l'hôtesse du breakfast 2005 : Libre échange by Olivier de Plas (short film) : Florence 2005 : Belle, enfin possible by Régis Roinsard (short film) : la standardiste 2005 : Pas bouger ! by Xavier Daugreilh (short film) : la mère 2005 : Retiens-moi by Jean-Pierre Igoux (TV film) : Virginie 2008 : Mes stars et moi by Laetitia Colombani : La Psy-chat-nalyste 2012 : My Way by Florent-Emilio Siri : Vline Buggy 2014 : J'aurais pas dû mettre mes Clarks by Marie Caldera (short film) : la réalisatrice 2015 : La Boule noire by Denis Malleval (TV film) : Madame Fabre 2019 : Fête de famille by Cédric Kahn : Marie 2021 : The Accusation by Yvan Attal : La Psychologue